You Do Not Forsake Me Poem by Mohammad Younus

Beloved, I hear your word always!
Your sweet melodious notes wake up my sleeping soul;
My love, I see your extensive beauty...
...even in what ignorant deem imperfect to be;
The only sin is to believe...
...that in your creation you cannot be seen;
The sound of your lute transmits a secret truth:
La illaha illa hu!
Many a Lover has fallen deep into this melodious word;
The sweet and mellow tones of hu hu...
...have kept me constantly attached to you;
I could not reach your threshold...
...if I did not hear your word hu hu;
Tell Ridwan, the gatekeeper of the heart...
...to let in this honest Listener of your word;
I do not muse over anything besides you;
Nor will I ever leave your company;
Just sometime when Satan takes over me...
...I neglect my duty to you;
My heart indeed cherishes your Love for me;
Even when through negligence I may get away...
You do not forsake me;
Often I remember you, and always you remember me! ! !

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